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PASTOR
GENERAL'S
TO THE MINISTRY
OF
THE
REPORT
WORLDWIDE CHURCH
OF
GOD
VOL.
8 ,
NO.
32
PASADENA,
CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER
30,
1986
Dear Mi n i s t e r s ,
Greet ings aga i n
from
Pasadena!
The
pace
here
seems
t o
be
quickening
almost d a i l y , a s
I ' m
sure
it
is
f o r
most
of
you.
Since
I
l a s t
wrote I ' v e
had
t h e oppo r t un i t y t o speak t o a combined
meeting of
t h e
churches
around
t h e .
Washington,
DOC . ,
a r e a i n
t h e
Daughters of
t h e
American Revolut ion Con s t i t u t i on
H a l l .
On Thursday and
Fr i day our p a r t y
was
able
t o t o u r
t h e
U.S.
Ca p i t o l and o t h e r p o i n t s of
i n t e r e s t i n
t h e
c i t y , as
w e l l
as have d i nn e r on Thursday n i g h t
w i t h
D r .
and
Mrs.
Mohamad
Kamal ,
t h e Jordan i an ambassador
t o
t h e United
States ,
D r .
Kamal
a l so i n v i t e d
t h e
ambassadors from Yemen, Lebanon and Tun i s i a
wi th
t h e i r
wives, and
t h e
charge
d ' a f f a i r es
from
Sy r i a ,
because
he
wanted
them t o
meet
u s .
The
evening was ve ry en j oyab l e ,
The
ambassadors
seemed
q u i t e
i n t e r e s t e d i n
t h e
Work
of
t h e
Church and
t h e
Foundat ion, and
were
e s p e c i a l l y a p p r e c i a t i v e of what
w e
have done
for
p h y s i c a l l y and men t a l l y
handicapped c h i l d r e n i n Jordan.
Mrs.
K a m a l
had
prepared
a
d e l i c i o u s
informal bu f f e t - s t y l e
meal
of v a r i ou s
Arabic
d i she s .
Si nce
Moslem
d i e t a r y
laws
are
almost
t h e
same
as
those
i n t h e
Bi b l e ,
w e
d i d
no t have
t o
be
concerned
about
unclean
food.
Most
of
t h e d i s h e s
were
of
lamb
or
chicken and, as
I
s a i d ,
q u i t e
de l i c i ous .
I n t ou r i ng
t h e
capi tal ,
I
was
deep l y impressed by t h e powerful
s t a t emen t s
of
America's
founding f a t h e r s
about freedom,
commitment,
pe r sona l
sacr i f ice
for
a
higher
and g r e a t e r
cause
and submission t o
God.
While t h e s e
ideals
are
i n s c r i b e d i n s t o n e i n Washington f o r any and
a l l
t o
read,
t h e y
are
i n
a l l
p r a c t i c a l i t y
-
l os t
i n t oday ' s "now" s o c i e t y ,
which
is
more
t han eve r
based
upon
greed,
pe r sona l g a i n and t h e
phi losophy
of
"get ."
I N
THIS
ISSUE
From t h e
Pastor
General.
. . .
1
From
Church
Admini s t rat ion
. .
6
From
Fleet
Admini s t rat ion.
.
.15
Mail
Process ing
Update
. . .
.15
On t h e
World
Scene
. .
,
.
.
.17
I t
s t r u c k
m e
t h a t ,
as
par t
of
t h e
founda t i on
of
a f u t u r e new
government and s o c i e t y ,
we
a r e
l i g h t s i n
t h i s
world, maintaining
i n
God's
pr esence and by
H i s
power
and
w i l l
t h e
o t he rwi se
l o s t
godly
ideals
t h a t t ho s e human
leaders
once proclaimed.
Our v i s i t wi t h
t h e
b r e t h r en
and t h e mi n i s t r y
was
t h e
h i g h l i g h t